Standards Council of Canada

SCC's Canadian Young Professionals Program - Advisory Panel

A Message from the Co-Chairs

Welcome to the Advisory Panel for the Canadian Young Professionals Program!

The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is excited to develop and implement a new Young Professionals (YP) Program that engages young professionals today,while positioning them to impact Canada's standardization network tomorrow.

SCC's modernized vision for the future dedicates time and resources to ensure effective Canadian representation at international forums. Young professionals are directly involved with these initiatives and this type of work, so it's important SCC provides the appropriate guidance, service and engagement to fully prepare and inspire them. Benefits for those involved in a YP Program will include:

National / International standardization awareness

Mentoring

Networking opportunities

Conformity assessment

Availability of guidance or capacity building resources

As Co-Chairs of this panel, we recognize that YPs will continue to make significant contributions within IEC, ISO and national standards-related work.

We ask that you please provide this Advisory Panel with ideas, thoughts, opinions and needs regarding an SCC Canadian Young Professionals Program. This will provide valuable insight into how this program is developed and implemented as a valuable resource for the experts of tomorrow.

Encourage & Solicit Panel Discussion

We also encourage you to solicit other young professionals within your field: colleagues, other SCC Members and like-minded professionals who can help grow this organic workspace and provide SCC with useful feedback when developing this Canadian YP Program. We hope to use this panel as a stepping stone for implementing a fully functional, up to date YP Program that will help drive the standardization efforts of Canada for years to come.

Please provide us with feedback as we hope to compile all information and incorporate it into SCC's new YP Program. Note that all participation on this panel is virtual.

Thank you.

James Lepp & Stephanie McLarty
Advisory Panel Co-Chairs
SCC Canadian Young Professionals Program

Please see below an opportunity for young professionals to participate in the work of the Standardization Management Board (SMB). Please note there are no funds for this opportunity. However, online participation is possible. The following content comes from an external souce and is only available in English.

Your opinion is very important to us! Remember to complete this quick survey (https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/D9Z57KJ) to let us know how we are doing. It will help us improve our services. The deadline is March 11. We are looking forward to receiving your feedback.

I wanted to share this great opportunity to get involved in the exciting world or standards at teh undergraduate level. Please share this broadely with other students, professors, advisors. I've been invovled in this program for several years and it is always rewarding for all involved!

After the first IEC YP workshop in 2010 in Seattle, the YPs worked on a project to develop a manual on the IEC for YPs and all newcomers. The manual contains valuable information about the IEC and tips on how to get more involved.

IEC is currently updating the manual and would like to get your input on the document.

Please find attached the document with some updates and comments suggested by the 2010-2016 YPs and also from the IEC Central Office.